Currycomb.



.|. Wl WILSON.

CURRYCQMB. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. I9I5.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

JAMES WAEEEN WrLsoN, or swrr CURRENT,l SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

CUERYCOME.

.Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed March 22, 1915. SerialNo'. 16,4369. v

17 10 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WARREN VIL- SON$ of the village of Swift Current, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Currycombs, of which thev following is the specication.

My invention relates to improvementsin curry combs and the object of the invention is to devise a comb of this class adaptable for both combing out fine dirt from4 the animals coat and also for cutting away the hard dry caked mud matted` in the coat and also such a comb as will allow of the dirt to pass freely through the body of the comb thereby preventing ther retention of damp dirt liable to rot the comb iand it consists essentially of an open comb body provided with cross bars, one edge of each bar being provided with fine teeth and the other wavy edge forming broad arc-shaped teeth, a handle pivoted to the frame so as to swing in a plane perpendicular to the upper and rlower faces of the comb body and designed to automatically lock in an upward or downward inclined position at an obtuse angle to the upper or lower face of the comb as here* inafter more particularly explained by the following specilication.

Figure 1, is a general perspective view of my comb showing the handle in the intermediate position. Fig. 2, is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing the handle in the position it assumes when the fine teeth of the comb are used in full lines and the position it assumes when the broad arc-shaped cutting teeth are used in dotted lines. Fig. 3, is an enlarged sectional plan detail of the connection between the handle and body of the comb.

1n the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 is the body of the comb. The body 1 is formed by a frame bent up out of a strip of metal into rectangular form, the ends being connected by rivets 2. The lower edges of the end bars 3 and 1 of the frame forming the body are each provided with a series of fine teeth 5 and the upper edges with broad arc-shape teeth 6.

7 are a series of cross bars extending across the frame parallel with the end bars 3 and 1. The ends of the cross oars 7 are provided with lugs 8 which are riveted to the side bars 9 and 10 of the frame forming the body 1. The lower edges of the cross bars are provided with line teeth which are similar` to the teeth 5 hereinbefore described and the upper edges with broad arc-shaped teeth 12 similar tothe teeth 6 hereinbefore described. y

18 and 11 are plates riveted or otherwise suitably securedto the outer face of the end bar 3. The inner ends of the plates 13 and 11 are spaced apart andprovided with outturned portions 16 and 17. The portions 16 and 17 are Ipreferably formed of spring metal having a tendency to spring outward. '18 is the handle provided with a iatend portion 19 fitting 4between the portions 16 and 17.`

20 is a rivet extending through the portions 16- and 17 andthrough the portion 19, the portion 19 being swung upon the rivet.

21 are arc-shaped. slots formed in the 'portions 16 and 17 concentric with the center.

of the rivet 20. r1`he side walls of the slots 21 are each provided with lateral upper and lower depressions 22 and 23.

21 are Tfshaped projections extending from the flattened end portion 19 of the handle 18. rllhe head of the l`shape pro- )ection 21, when the handle is in the normal position shown in Fig. 1, serves to hold the portions 16 and 17 together against the sides of the iattened portion 19 in opposition to the resilience of such portions 16 and 17 tending to carry them outwardly.

1t will thus be seen that when the handle 1S is swung upwardly into the position shown by full lines in Fig. 2 and the T-shape heads 21 brought opposite to the depressions 22 that the portions 16 and 17 will spring outwardly so that the inner edges of such l'sliape heads 21 enter the depressions and lock the handle in place. Similarly when the handle is forced down into the dotted position shown in Fig. 2 the T-shape head enters the depressions 23 thereby locking the handle in place. When the handle is in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 the fine teeth of the comb are used. Vhen it is necessaryto use the reverse side of the comb, that is to say, the broad teeth 6 for cutting away the caked mud from the animals coat the handle is forced into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 which is the position convenient for the use of these teeth. 1t will.y of course. be understood that the side walls of the depressions 22 and 23 are slightly inclined so as to allow of the T-heads 21 springing the portions 16 and 17 together' when the handle is forced from one position to the other. It will also be seen that by the open construction of comb that all dirt removed from the animals coat will pass directly through the comb body and will not be retained thereby. In combs in which a solid back is used the dirt accumulates in the back between the teeth and if the dirt is damp the retention of such dirt within the comb back tends to rot the comb and thus destroy its usefulness.

lhat I claim as my invention is.

l. In a curry comb, the combination with the comb body, of a spring plate projection extending outwardly from the body, an arcshape slot therein, a handle pivoted to the spring plate concentric with the center of the slot, and a headed portion extending from the handle through the slot so as to bear against the outer face of the spring plate.

2. In a curry comb, the combination with Athe comb body, of a spring plate projection extending outwardly from the body, an arcshape slot therein, a handle pivoted to the spring plate concentric with the center of the slot, a headed portion extending from the handle through the slot so as to bear against the outer face of the spring plate.

and depressions formed at the upper and lower end of the slot into which the headed projection is carried by the spring of the plate.

k3. In a curry comb, the combination with the comb body, of a pair of spring plate projections extending outwardly from the Ycomb body and having varc-shape slots -each plate at each side of each slot.

JAMES WARREN WILSON.

Witnesses: v

E. PENNooK, M. EGAN.

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